noun
column
KAH-luhm/ˈkɑːləm/
A long narrow upright arrangement.
The builders raise a tall column to support the roof.
Etymology
A pillar supplies the image of a vertical strip of print on a page. The newspaper sense shifted from that strip to its written contents, giving the regular feature its name.
In context
Here's a column by Andrew Ross Sorkin
with a central column supported by three protruding wings.
More examples
- She writes a weekly gardening column for the local newspaper.
- Two stone columns support the porch roof.
- The soldiers march along the road in a column.
- A column of smoke rises above the trees.
Forms
column · columns
columnar adjective — Shaped like or arranged in columns.
columnist noun — Someone who regularly writes a publication's column.